Thousands remain without power after storms rumbled through Kansas City. Here’s the latest
About 4,000 Evergy and Kansas City, Kansas, Board of Public Utilities customers remain without power after strong and severe storms rumbled through the Kansas City area Sunday night and Monday morning, the utilities reported online Tuesday.
The storms, which produced heavy lightning and wind gusts estimated as high as 70 mph, knocked out power to more than 100,000 customers throughout the metro area.
As of 8 a.m. Tuesday, Evergy reported that less than 2,400 customers remained without power and it expected to have power restored to all customers by late Tuesday.
“More than 1,300 line workers, tree trimmers and support employees are working in the Kansas City metro area to restore power following the storms that moved through Sunday evening through early Monday,” Evergy said.
“Evergy has brought in crews from surrounding areas to help restore power. Over the course of the storms, about 100,000 Evergy customers were affected, with peak outages of 80,000 occurring Sunday evening.”
Meanwhile, the BPU was reporting that around 1,300 customers remained without power mid-Tuesday morning. The utility plans to have power restored to nearly all of its customers by the end of Tuesday. BPU crews along with contractor crews and crews from other Kansas cities were working to restore power in its territory.
More than 12,000 of its customers initially lost power as the storms rolled through Sunday night.
The power outages come at a time Kansas City is expected to see weather conditions heat up. Temperatures are expected to climb into the 90s Tuesday, with heat index values reaching near 100 degrees.
The heat is expected to intensify Wednesday, as temperatures are expected to rise into the mid-90s and heat index values soar as high as 106 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.
This story was originally published August 1, 2023 at 9:07 AM.
